Chapter 42 Fearful Challenge Accomplished

• Margaret’s POV
• A piercing scream tore from my throat as I watched her crumple face-first onto the ground. My legs moved before my mind caught up, rushing to her side. My heart hammered so violently in my chest I thought it might burst. Not her. Please, goddess, not her beautiful face… not her life.
• I called her name again and again, but there was no response. Panic threatened to consume me. Malena was supposed to return and finish her rituals—what was I to do if she didn’t? I couldn’t drag Lucy back to her house in this state.